Example sentences of "[adv] as she [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How was your first day as Damian 's secretary ? ’ he asked weakly , but his eyes gleamed with a new reason to live , and he listened eagerly as she told him half-truths about her new job . |
| 2 | Her mocking laughter stopped suddenly as she saw his face go deathly white . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to look at you without any clothes on , ’ she said suddenly as she watched him suck his chocolate . |
| 4 | And yet , much as she enjoyed her career and would not want to give it up permanently , she had a great desire for a strong , loving relationship and wanted to have children of her own — something she would never be able to do if her present feelings persisted . |
| 5 | She ate as directed by Taggy , and made no fuss when that dame looked after her much as she had herself done for her deceased employer — nursing her and acting as lady 's maid , and combing out her troublesome copper hair , until Theda felt strong enough to perform this office for herself . |
| 6 | Much as she resented her all-out pursuit of Roman , Dana was the sister she had loved all her life . |
| 7 | Much as she liked him , much as she would miss his companionship , it seemed to her that the relationship had reached a dead end . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , she could n't imagine herself in any form of intimacy with her employer , much as she liked him . |
| 9 | Much as she disliked her pony , Nicandra was undefeatable in her wish to please : " I 'll keep it for Ducky , " she promised . |
| 10 | The young mother may feel that she has nothing to offer — after all , much as she loves her children , their conversation may be less than stimulating . |
| 11 | Indubitably it was full of madmen , and women too , much as she found them fun to be with . |
| 12 | She frowned thoughtfully as she refilled her cup . |
| 13 | Then she was crying aloud as she felt her body quickening to climax , and the tears wet on her own cheeks as she soared to a summit she had never hoped to experience , as beautiful and spectacular and as free as the fireworks of Tivoli and , like them , over too soon , leaving her both satiated yet hungry to renew the experience . |
| 14 | She tutted aloud as she remembered she had nearly quailed altogether and quit him when he caressed her so directly and bit her ; but he was masterful , and had knowledge , and her love burst into ever greater intensity at the thought of that expertise . |
| 15 | Nothing could have prepared her for the beauty they had just shared , and she knew that for as long as she lived she would never regret giving herself to this man . |
| 16 | Harry Richardson appalled Anna by offering to lend her Flora 's school fees , interest-free , for as long as she needed them . |
| 17 | She raced from the barn and fled towards the house with a very red face , especially as she heard his amused and taunting laughter . |
| 18 | ‘ But not me ? ’ she asked dubiously as she held it up against her . |
| 19 | I watched from below as she followed her stepmother Raine down the passage in Althorp House that connected the old nursery with the grand staircase . |
| 20 | I 've burnt half the food waiting for you , ’ Stephen snapped impatiently as she joined him by the smoking barbecue . |
| 21 | Before the 17C there were two statues on the bridge , one of the Crucifixion , which Elizabeth of Bohemia ( the Winter Queen ) foolishly insisted should be torn down as she said it looked like a naked bather , and the other of the moderate Hussite king , George Poděbrady . |
| 22 | ‘ I have been given your husband 's log book by your brother , Mrs Hatton , ’ he said gently as she recovered herself . |
| 23 | He smiled gently as she tore her hand from his grasp . |
| 24 | Mollie had always been heavy , even as a teenager , so as she approached her fiftieth birthday she said ‘ it 's good to feel better and younger than ever ’ . |
| 25 | His voice was grimly determined , but her own was equally so as she faced him , conscious of the hot colour scorching her cheeks . |
| 26 | Isabel looked up at him quickly , startled anew as she realised he was much younger than she 'd first supposed . |
| 27 | She made Fred see himself only as she described him as a man who was deliberately making his now pregnant wife unhappy . |
| 28 | Ruth shook inside as she watched his eyes darken furiously . |
| 29 | It amused him even more and he looked down at her quizzically as she wrenched her arm from his grasp . |
| 30 | He let his hand wander a little , and got it petulantly pushed away as she heaved herself out of the clutches of the chesterfield 's upholstery , and sat up on the edge of it . |